Texas officials say 80 people may have been exposed to Ebola patient -NBC

Reuters ^ | 07:21 EST, 2 October 2014

[BenLurkin]

The health officials said 80 people may have come into contact with Duncan, NBC reported. Earlier, they had put the figure at up to 18, including five children.

State officials delivered the order on Wednesday night to the family of the patient, who has been identified as Thomas Eric Duncan of Liberia. Family members must stay home until Oct. 19 and not have any visitors without approval, officials said.

"We have tried and true protocols to protect the public and stop the spread of this disease," said Dr. David Lakey, Texas health commissioner. "This order gives us the ability to monitor the situation in the most meticulous way."

[P-Marlowe]

And how many people did those 80 potentially expose?

[informavoracious]

And each of those 80 people has been in contact with how many others? And so on and so on...

[gov_bean_ counter]

Be interesting to see if Dems try and get an injunction to stop this...

[867V309]

And how many people did those 80 potentially expose?

Stupid Americans are about to learn the meaning of "exponential."

[no-to-illegals]

Low Balled?

[Flintlock]

We have “tried and true” protocols to defend our border as well............

We don’t do those either.

[thackney]

Dallas health officials have said that 12 to 18 people, including five Dallas ISD students, have come in direct contact with Duncan. Another 80 or so indirect contacts — people who came in contact with those dozen or so direct contacts — are possible, county health director Zachary Thompson said.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/metro/20141002-state-confines-family-of-dallas-ebola-patient-to-home-bars-visitors.ece

[hal ogen]

Please hold up your hand if you trust the government to be effective?

[SoConPubbie]

“We have tried and true protocols to protect the public and stop the spread of this disease”

Unless they put armed guards on the door, this is nothing better than a suggestion and there is nothing “Tried and True” about their protocol.

[Guenevere]

Bttt

[Puppage]

And how many people did those 80 potentially expose?

My question as well.

This will be an epidemic by Christmas.

[Rummyfan]

"We have tried and true protocols to protect the public and stop the spread of this disease," said Dr. David Lakey, Texas health commissioner.

FWIW, I trust the Texas Health Commissioner more than anyone from the CDC or the administration at this point.

But, this morning the number exposed was sixteen-to-eighteen. Now it's eighty. Scary....

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Great. It was 18 and now 80. Joy.

[Uncle Miltie]

And 80 X 80 = 640.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Might as well announce 1,000 people exposed at this point.

[Uncle Miltie]

There are several plane-loads of people who breathed recirculated airline cabin air.

[dfwgator]

And they exposed two friend, and then they exposed two friends....and so on....and so on....and so on....and so on....and so on....and so on....and so on....and so on....

[YourAdHere]

Not Obama’s fault.

[justlittleoleme]

And how did they reach this number “80”. Sounds like a made up downplayed guess to me.